make pure

• Purificar, refinar o eliminar impurezas de algo, usado a menudo en sentido literal (químico o físico) o figurado (moral o espiritual).

To cleanse, refine, or remove impurities from something, often used in a literal (chemical or physical) or figurative (moral or spiritual) sense.

1. Purify or cleanseB2formal

   To remove impurities, contaminants, or unwanted elements from something.

   purificar o limpiar

   • The water treatment plant works to make pure the local water supply.
   • Ancient alchemists sought to make pure base metals into gold.
   • The ritual was designed to make pure the soul of the participant.

2. Refine or perfectC1formal

   To improve something by removing flaws or imperfections.

   purificar, perfeccionar

   • The editor helped make pure the author's prose.
   • Years of practice helped make pure his technique.
   • The process is used to make pure the chemical compound.